In politics a week is a very long time.
HAROLD WILSONGiven a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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One man’s wage increase is another man’s price increase.
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There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.
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At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister.
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The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
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Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
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I’m an optimist, but I’m an optimist who takes his raincoat.
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May I say, for the benefit of those who have been carried away by the gossip of the last few days, that I know what’s going on.
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It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
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If we don’t give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don’t use many.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.
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